Transportation

A national transportation group on Monday accused the Trump administration of stalling funds for the Sacramento streetcar project and 16 other transit projects around the country. Trump officials called that critique misleading.

A photo posted to the San Francisco page on Reddit late last month went semi-viral. In it, three people are seen changing a tire while stopped in the far right lane of the Bay Bridge. Here’s what you should do, courtesy of AAA.

The Helen Madere Memorial Bridge in Rio Vista is stuck in the “up” position in the air above Highway 12, leaving no way for cars to cross the Sacramento River and stalling traffic, Caltrans tweeted Thursday afternoon.

In a budget hearing on Tuesday, August 7, DMV Director Jean Shiomoto expressed opposition to a potential audit of the department, calling the proposal a “strain” on resources that would detract focus from reducing wait times.

California Department of Motor Vehicles Director Jean Shiomoto spoke at a budget committee on August 7, asking for $26 million to hire more employees. Shiomoto also weighed in on a potential audit, calling it a “strain” on resources.

The California Air Resources Board released a plan Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, to force automakers to comply with the state’s strict air pollution rules even as the Trump administration seeks to roll back the standards and weaken California’s authority.

A 35-year-old Grass Valley man died after the intoxicated driver of the car he was riding in veered off the road, causing the vehicle to overturn multiple times on Highway 20 in Nevada City on Saturday, the California Highway Patrol said. Dylan Shively died at the scene, a CHP incident report said.

Six of America’s most dangerous highways are in California: Interstate 5 comes in at No. 4 on the ValuePenguin list, which used national traffic data. Most crashes happen in LA County. Other highways on the list: Hwy 101 and Interstate 8.

The city of Sacramento has signed a deal with Phantom Auto to use downtown streets as a testing ground for autonomous or driverless robot vehicles that will be monitored by remote “drivers” sitting at computers in Silicon Valley.